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The orders for Tesla's home battery are skyrocketing, but will Elon Musk manage to meet the high demand? Rumor has it that the giga-factory is too small. If you are one of the people that decided to wait a week time...
In a move we wish was satirical, influential chairman of Australia’s Business Advisory Council claimed that climate science is filled with “dud predictions.” Maurice Newman, disregarding all the actual science behind climate change stated ”The real agenda is concentrated political...
Going for paperless billing is good for the environment because you kill less trees for paper, no fuel is burned to deliver your bill, and you don't get a mini heart attack when you open your mailbox. However, it also...
The global average concentration of the greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March this year. These levels haven't been seen in over 3 million years, well before humans walked on earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
A new solar-powered desalination technology called “photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system”, which had been developed by the MIT, has won the top $140,000 Desal prize from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As there are so many causes like irregular monsoons,...
In their search for cheap methods to produce hydrogen to power fuel cell cars, British scientists proposed to derive the precious element from readily available ammonia. The race for becoming the first car manufacturer to start selling fuel cell vehicles is...
Cows and other livestock-ruminants have gained notoriety for their flatulence, especially due to the release of methane and its link to climate change. This is particularly due to the presence of methanogens (microbes that produce methane) in their digestive systems....
Smartflower is a sleek solar technology which works just like conventional rooftop solar panels, but it is much more efficient thanks to an integrated dual axis solar tracking system. There is something incredibly rewarding in having solar panels on the roof...
AIRpod, the small and compact vehicle that runs entirely on cheap compressed air, hits the market by the end of 2015. The ever-so-anticipated moment when more and more people are looking into buying low, or even zero emission vehicles has finally...
Toyota engineer Scott Blanchet has been working on a new car engine - one that is powered by cow dung. Exploiting a waste product to harvest the universes most abundant element hydrogen is the plan. Toyota will extract the hydrogen...